In Praise of Folly
โ Scribed by Erasmus Desiderius
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No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Ed., trans. A. H. T. Levi, Betty Radice Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas M
<br> <p>Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) was a Dutch humanist, scholar, and social critic, and one of the most important figures of the Renaissance. <i>The Praise of Folly</i> is perhaps his best-known work. Originally written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, this satiric celebration of pleasur
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